07/22/2018: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

10:30 – 11:30 KUUF Sanctuary, Jessica Star Rockers: For many years Mister Rogers asked us this question each week in the opening song of his children’s TV show. But what does it mean to invite someone to be our neighbor? In this service we’ll examine radical hospitality through the lens of Universalism and what it means when we truly see everyone as our neighbor. What could this mean for us in the neighborhood of Kitsap County? And how do we expand our idea of “neighborhood” to include our country and our world.

Jessica Star Rockers is a recent graduate of Meadville Lombard Theological School, on her way to the Ministerial Fellowshipping Committee in September. She has served as an intern minister at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church on Bainbridge Island and Shoreline UU Church in Shoreline, WA. She is currently a learning fellow with the Church of the Larger Fellowship, a Unitarian Universalist congregation without walls. She lives on Bainbridge Island with her partner and their young son.

We have a variety of speakers. Some services are led by our members and others are presented by visiting ministers, college professors, or community activists.

As to what to wear, feel free to come in whatever you find comfortable. We’re an informal group, and the way we dress on Sunday morning ranges from office wear to jeans and sweatshirts.

We have childcare for preschoolers available during the service. School age children usually stay in the sanctuary for some of the service, and then leave for their own program before the sermon. About once a month we have an intergenerational service.

KUUF has an active choir that practices weekly and performs once a month for the Sunday service. We sing a variety of music from hymns, to rounds, to sacred music from other traditions. To join the choir, see any choir member or contact KUUF’s music director, Matt Jones.

In addition, KUUF has other opportunities to contribute musically. We often feature music from congregants during the service. Please contact Matt at music@kuuf.org if you would like to make some music!

KUUF services are family friendly, with a sermon near the end of each service. Children who don’t wish to remain in the sanctuary for the sermon are “sung out” by the congregation as they are accompanied to the “Kid Zone,” where they can play, read or have a snack! We also offer Children’s Religious Education throughout the year. To learn more, click here.